World Polychaeta Database - Spinther Johnston, 1845

Polychaeta taxon details

Spinther Johnston, 1845

AphiaID

129604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129604)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Spintheridae Augener, 1913

Orig. name

Spinther Johnston, 1845

Synonymised names

Cryptonota Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Oniscosoma Sars, 1851 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Sphinter [misspelling] · unaccepted (Subsequent misspelling for Spinther)

Direct children (15)

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Species Spinther alaskensis Hartman, 1948
Species Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)
Species Spinther australiensis Augener, 1913
Species Spinther citrinus (Stimpson, 1853)
Species Spinther ericinus Yamamoto & Imajima, 1985
Species Spinther hystrix Uschakov, 1950
Species Spinther japonicus Imajima & Hartman, 1964
Species Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845
Species Spinther sagamiensis Imajima, 2003
Species Spinther usarpia Hartman, 1967
Species Spinther vegae Augener, 1928
Species Spinther citrina [misspelling for gender agreement] accepted as Spinther citrinus (Stimpson, 1853) (misspelling for gender, should be citrinus)
Species Spinther major Levinsen, 1883 accepted as Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845 (subjective synonym)
Species Spinther miniaceus Grube, 1860 accepted as Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
Species Spinther wireni Hartman, 1948 accepted as Spinther vegae Augener, 1928 (superfluous replacement name )

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Johnston, George 1845. Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 16: 4-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287390
page(s): 8-9 [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in...

Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in the genus treated the genus as masculine. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Spinther Johnston, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129604 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2018-01-16 04:19:05Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2020-07-14 08:17:25Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Johnston, George 1845. Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 16: 4-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287390
page(s): 8-9 [details]

original description (of Cryptonota Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 35 [details]

original description (of Oniscosoma Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 210 [details]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

redescription Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27477705 [details]

From editor or global species database

Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in the genus treated the genus as masculine. [details]

Grammatical gender Not stated. Spinther is masculine according to Brown (composition of scientific words). [details]

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